Wildlife conservation and community volunteer projects and internships worldwide
The first time I realised that animals have become a victim of the tourism industry is when I travelled to Tunisia in 2018. It was a fascinating trip learning about their culture and seeing the beautiful natural life that exists there. However, one day, I went to a zoo. Upon arriving, I found a sign […]
March 15th 2023
Asking the question In the year 2000, American ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox asked the question, “will tribal knowledge survive the millennium?” As the world becomes increasingly globalised, and approximately one indigenous language dies out every other week, the question Cox asks still has sense and relevance. Twenty-one years later, however, I travelled to a village […]
March 5th 2023
Picture this: you are venturing deep into the hot jungle of the Amazon rainforest. The temperature is burning, you are sweltering under the high humidity and you are fighting off the mosquitos. You could be either walking along a narrow jungle trail along a stream underneath the looming green forest canopy or in a small […]
December 21st 2022
Many of us would find it hard to get started without that freshly brewed coffee on a Monday morning or Sunday lunchtime stroll to your local barista. And with the rise of at-home brewing, we’re also seeing a massive uptake in the type of coffee we’re buying for our homes. So it’s no surprise that […]
December 7th 2022
Governments have never met a target set in the history of COP conferences. Could the upcoming COP15 meeting help correct this?
November 23rd 2022
Slow travel is a whole new way of exploring the world, it is about taking your time and connecting with local people. Overall, it is about having a positive impact on the local community rather than a negative one. Additionally, it involves trying to organise a more sustainable journey to your destination, for example, taking […]
October 25th 2022
As September comes to an end and we head into October, we see the end of Great Big Green Week (GBGW) in the UK. Organised by The Climate Coalition, GBGW celebrates community climate action and brings together national organisations, businesses and the media to put pressure on the Government to make tackling climate change and […]
October 11th 2022
In recent years the idea of community has been highlighted as the glimmer of hope keeping us all going through tough times. When the world begins to bend back into the more familiar shape we’re used to, it’s often easy to overlook those that supported us through uncertainty. Sometimes we forget about the true importance […]
October 3rd 2022
Aviation accounts for 2.1% of the world’s entire CO2 emissions, although due to radiative forcing and contrails, new research suggests this number could be higher than 4%. Decarbonising the aviation industry is vital to achieving net zero. Additionally, despite the global pandemic grounding planes for two years, the industry is set to make a full […]
September 9th 2022
